KX 85 needs more power
Gerald Beck
for me it is all stock. I was wondering how i could get more power and
speed out of it to make it last.
Charles Stembridge
kx8...@yahoo.com (Gerald Beck) wrote:
First, learn all you can about how to take care of it. Do you have the
Kawasaki Service manual? If not, get it, study it, and learn how to
maintain it. The things you should be doing are:
Washing the bike after every ride
Clean and lube the chain
Clean and re-oil the air filter
Change the transmission oil
Check the tire pressure(s)
Learn how to make the oil & gas premix mixture
The engine will usually need a new top end--piston, ring, small end
bearing, piston pin and head and base gaskets, at least once a year, and
maybe twice a year if you're running it regularly. Has your bike ever had
this work done? If not, it's due. You can probably learn to do this with
some adult help at first and the service manual.
You'll also need to service the forks, steering head bearings and
swingarm. This is a bit more complicated, you'll need some adult help, or
pay someone to do this.
That should help to make it last.
As far as getting more power and speed out of it, you need to practice
riding. Most bikes have far more capability than any of us will ever be
able to use. A KX85 has enough power (in a limited rpm range) to keep up
with most any bike, if you know how to make use of it.
If you're a little big for it, it may help to get heavier springs in the
forks and shock, but the manual will tell you how to check that.
Good luck.
--
Charles
'99 YZF600R
'99 YZ250
mx_tuner
forth:
>I have an 01 kx85 and i am a little big for it but my parents got it
>for me it is all stock. I was wondering how i could get more power and
>speed out of it to make it last.
A big bore kit would do nicely. You can easily make it a 105. Go to
www.eric-gorr.com for more info.
MX Tuner
Eric M
The cheapest and most effective way to go faster is
to take riding classes.
Eric
James
mom's car. Now, after thanking them (again) for this wonderful gift
they have given you, you may begin the highly complex process of
unlocking its many mysteries...
1) Ride it.
2) Go to step 1.
What you say about getting more power out of it to make it last is a
contradiction in goals. Modding up a bike with expensive big bore kits
that you don't need will just hurt it's reliability. A ratted out big
bore will do you more harm than a well-maintained stock bike.
I'm sure someone has suggested you get a factory manual. Start there
and follow the maintenance schedules provided.
James
00CR250
kx8...@yahoo.com (Gerald Beck) wrote
Fred B.
I agree with this general line of thinking, but I also remember
outgrowing the power supply of my Yamaha GT-80 way back when. I was
actually snapping perfectly good throttle cables in an effort to get
more than the poor bike could offer. So I can understand the need
Gerald speaks of. I don't think he's talking about more power in order
to make it more reliable, but more power to make it last *him* a bit
longer.
The obvious solution would be to sell the 85 and purchase a 125.
There's probably no more cost-effective solution than this one.
Especially if, as Gerald says, he's a little too big for the 85.
If you're looking for just a modest increase in power, at a
reasonable price, I'd suggest an aftermarket pipe (about $150). You
can do the big bore kit, maybe get a larger carb for the big bore kit,
have the suspension revalved and reassembled with stiffer springs, go
to a Rad valve or whatever... but you'd be better off selling the bike
and using that money -- in combination with whatever you would spend
on hop-ups for the 85 -- to purchase a larger 125 MXer or KDX 200.
Fred
'85 RM 250
'79 YZ 80
'81 DT 80
mx_tuner
spewed forth:
>What you say about getting more power out of it to make it last is a
>contradiction in goals. Modding up a bike with expensive big bore kits
>that you don't need will just hurt it's reliability.
Not at all. A 2mm overbore is just as reliable as a stock motor.
Sometimes it is more reliable since you're using an aftermarket
piston.
MX Tuner
James
the matter. Fresh rubber, rings and a clutch kit might be green better
spent.
James
00CR250
MX Tuner wrote...
kawi_kx_rider
Second thing: do a bobbie move, and put slicks on it and go up his
lawn..
Third thing: sell the bike to a rich kid, get 2 grand, save up your
hooker money and buy a kx 250..
Tips:
1. don't try to run from anybody because suddam huisain ran from the
us on the very same bike and look at him know, gettin fucked left &
right in the showers at prision..
2. don't try to race anyone till you grow some balls or get a faster
bike because you will definitly lose..
and most of all: don't ever, ever brag about your bike, because its a
chainsaw motor on a mini-bike frame with wagon wheels, and it is
nothing to be proud of!!
follow these tips and you will have a new life!!
Peace,
Sleazy E
2001 KX 125